Sunday, February 02, 2025

baze.djunkiii Charts 02/2k25

01. Prince Chamba & Ital Sound - Secret Light / Melody Of Light [Bright Message Records 001]
Rediscovering our love for Reggae- and Dub-infused Downtempo music and floating (Neo)Dub this one was a very welcome discovery and worthwile addition to the collection with its longing, emotional vocals, organic basslines, TripHop-leaning beats and, ofc, a well seductive horn section provided by Ital Horns which make this a rather timeless 12" which is already sitting amongst our favorite cuts of the year for this genre. Highly recommended.

02. Minos & Just Mack - Apache EP [Vibez '93 025]
Jungle music was not necessarily my first love but one that had a tremendous impact on the musical trajectory yours truly followed afterwards, both in terms of sonic preferences as well as DJ-wise. This being said the continuous stream of modern Jungle / (Neo)Jungle records coming from labels like Vibez '93 is quite a blessing, with Minos & Just Mack paying homage to the raw and unhinged Darkside x Gangsta Jungle of yore on this yellow-transparent four tracker which, at times, even touches base with heavy DarkJungle and therefore is about to mash up any dancefloor for real. Serious business.

03. Noto - ∞ (Endless Loop Edition) [Noton 042]
This is a monumental piece of sound art. A 12x10" colour vinyl box set with each individual record sporting a set of 16 locked grooves - that's eight per side - for the avid fan and follower of highly experimental music, catering basically everything from pure sine tones to various noise sweeps, experimental crackles, low to high frequency modulations, Drone fragments and even experimental IDM x Electronica leaning beat loops. Conceptually meant to be listened to and experienced on a minimum setting of four turntables simultaneously this box set, which will you set back a in the triple digits, is probably, or most likely..., useless to the average listener but defo an interesting and worthwhile addition to the collection of the initiated or highly advanced vinyl head.

04. Sam Cosmic - Smic / Soukah - H2O [WobWob 007]
See review for details...

05. Sophie Hoffmann - A Meaningless Track For A Neglected Youth [Heartchore 002]
Is this to be taken serious? Or just a tongue-in-cheek sonic commentary on the state of the Business Techno / NeoRave scene of late? A raw and fast-paced, rather lo-fi-oriented take on what could be described as a fusion of underproduced HardTechno x Schranz accompanied by Spoken Word sequences speaking of more or less an existential teen crisis before cheesy HyperTrance melodies somewhat reminiscent of neon-shimmering anime soundtracks take over, providing quite an uplifting drive for the TikTok Rave crew. Is this ironic or just the purest form of Novelty Techno?

06. Dr. Noisem & Dr. Walker - Liquid Sky Berlin Ambient Session (Live) [Dr. NoiseM Tapes]
See review for details...

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